Brief encounter
(DVD)
Contributors
Coward, Noël, 1899-1973, film producer,
Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director,
Neame, Ronald film producer,
Johnson, Celia, 1908-1982, actor.
Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer,
Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director,
Neame, Ronald film producer,
Johnson, Celia, 1908-1982, actor.
Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer,
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515175111
Notes
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General Note
Based on the play Still Life by Noel Coward. Adapted by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan (all uncredited).
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
General Note
Special features: Audio commentary from 2000 by film historian Bruce Eder; Interview from 2012 with Noel Coward scholar Barry Day; A Profile of Brief Encounter, a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film; David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean's career; Trailer. Insert includes an essay "Riskiest thing I ever did : notes on a Brief Encounter" by film critic Kevin Brownlow.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce.
Participants/Performers
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everly Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Valentine Dyall.
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
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